National Republican., 1887-09-27
An Evidence OF Growth.

In large and growing capital, such a ours,
so many changes occur and so silently that 1t
is hard to keep pace with changes and upbuild.
ing. We have had this impressed upon our
attention by the fact that our old friend, the
BdStington Lac Reporter, has just moved from
its old quarters to new home on Il street
northwest, near Fifth, and just adjoining the
new building of the Columbia Title Insurance
Company. now in course oil completion; au-
other new institution, and evidence that the
city is growing from the past. In the past the
LuiU ReI Ortcr has hau It's vicissitudes, and for
the most n jealous and divided audience. In
was Incorporated as the Law Reporter Com.
pany Of Washington city, its stockholders and
officers being from the strong men of the local
Messrs VIM. +. MatlinGly, Job Barnard IL
ton, j. Ii. 5ayile i. II. Mackey, II NJ. BtGer,
W. A. Gordon, A. g. Bradley, II; I, Taggdrt,
j., J. Johnson, and otner. legal gentlemen
whose names we have not in hand, and sine.
Its incOrporntiOn 1t has quietly and without
parade taken long ride toward the front OF
American law journals. This IL evidenced Dy
the fact that II carries to its constituency the
mos diverse body of dCclsionnl matter of any
IU that extent dts range beilg 30 broah), IL
may be said To be almost universal IL gives
abstracts of all the decisions Of the Supreme
Court of the United States, full decisions Hf
II supreme c. url of the Dstrict OF Columbia.
Syllahi OF all cases decided in the circuit and
district courts OF the United States. decisions
of the court of claims, of The interstate CON
mcrCc commission, OF the Secretary nt the In
terror on questions arising under the public
lend laws, also those arising under pension
laws, together with the rulings and decisions
Of the commissioner of patents. public lau1s.
and pensions on matters involving legal queS-
tioDs, Added to this are extracts cont linng
the giSt of cnrrcnt legal thought taken IT I'M
the law journals and reviews of the country
20 that. If net ds be that lawyers must keep up
with current decisions of the day and be in
formed as to the course of the courts. we can
h6rClv sec how they can do without our h Nme
Lar Reporter. with the hDme bar interested in
us course, it canuot fail to be hrst class
leader In It's field Is quiet conservative man
ner shows that It feels that which it has, ex-
perience status, aud solidity, II has combine d
with this the enthusiasm of youth We con-
gIatulate our neighbor on It's new homs II
hes q whole building TO itself, a fine press and
composing room, happy looking business and
editorial quarters, aud shows preparations 70
do any work from dOdger to law book.
Whether or not there will ~be any
hOuse-warming we cannot Say. rs we did
not inquire, and were not advised. But
one thing is morally certain, that should our
friends give one we will do all in our power TO
make II hot for them, provided that there nc
no interference with the water supply, and
trust that the mains may stay in order throu yh
and during that event The lawyers deserve
, All the prosperity they get, as well ns enco
MUM, More abuse than kindness generally
goes their way, and 1t is a certain sign OF gen
eral welfare when they prosp'r May the LIu
Rtptrter long continue its growth and prosper